Lawn-edging tool.



W.. Q. GLASS. LAWN EDGING TOOL. APPLIIOATION FILED OUT. 7, 1913.

1 ,1 1 3,984. Patented 00c. 20, 1914. I

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UNITED STATES" FAT N QFFIGE WILLIAM afGLAss, or'noivsnanon, amne ia.- I y i LAWN- nema 'roon.

Specification of Letters Patent. Q Application filed Octoberi', 1913. Serial m 793,853. I

Patented 0015.20, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM..Q,.'GLASS,.3. citizen of the United. States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of'Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Lawn-Edging Tool, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in in position in the ditch. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the ditch and a side elevation of Fig. 2. Fig 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing my device in a different position and for another use. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figs. 3 and 4 with my device in still another position .and for another use.

The same reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the specifications.

I am aware of numerous tools in common use for the purpose herein set forth but I am not aware that any tool involving the features or improvements of my device have ever been used or patented.

The blade 1 has the main flat base in the form of a parallelogram, the ends 2 and 3 having an acute angularity with respect to a line coincident with the front edge 1, one of these edges being beveled to form a cutting edge and the other end being upwardly bent at right angles to the base and having two angular cutting edges 5 and 6 and a third cutting edge parallel to the base. The front edge of the base as at 4: is also beveled to form a cutting edge, and to the base near its center is secured the stem 7 by means of the rivets 8, or the stem may be secured thereto in any other suitable manner, and the stem may be slotted as shown in Fig. 2 and the base secured in the slot, this method being preferable, as the leverage exerted in the use of the tool may not then break the rivets 8 loose from the base. The handle 9 may be pressed on the stem 7 or otherwise secured 0 1t. f y I The angularity of theedges 2 and 3 is of such convenience that the handle 9 maybe easlly pushed by the operator and that the upturned edge 10 may rest. flatly upon the bottom of the ditch 11 as shown in Figs. 2

and 3, and when in this position, the edges 5, 6 and'l2 on the end 10 will serve to clear the ditch of any grass or dirt which may have accumulated on thebottom while the edge 4: of the blade 1 which presents an angular cutting edge, will similarly clear and cut the grass from the sides of the ditch. A

ditch 11 is commonly used at the edge of a side walk 13 for giving the edge of the lawn an appearance ofneatness, and for preventing the grass from overlapping the walk, and it isnecessary to frequently clean the ditch to prevent its filling and becoming overgrown with grass and weeds, and it is "therefore for this purpose that this tool is designed.

As shown in Fig. 4, the tool may be inverted and" the point 1 L used to advantage to cut away a particularly stubborn or tough tuft of grass or to cut the dirt on the edge of the ditch to a nicety, or by placing the straight edge 4;.on the bottom of the ditch, the tool maybe drawn along the ditch for similar or other convenient or desirable purposes. The angular edges on the base and the upturned portion 10 provide a more easy and convenient means of cutting than a straight edge would, and the end 10 also serves to determine the width of a ditch when it is made as well as to assist in keeping the tool at the proper cuttingangle when pushed alongthe edge of the walk in the. ditch, and furthermore two cutting edges at right angles to each other when so used serve to expedite and insure a neat trimming of thebottom and side of the ditch at the same time.

In general my device is intended to answer the purpose of a general utility tool for lawn ways not described, and its form may be changedwithout changing the intent of or without detracting from its novelty.

Having thus described my device what I claimas my invention and desire Letters Patent for, is: y

1. As a tool for trimming and ditching the edge of a lawn, the combination with a suitand may be conveniently used in many I able handle, of a blade secured to said, han- 2; As a tool for trilnnriing and edging a Copies cums patent maybe obtained for .lawn, the combination of a blade having cutting edges on twoof its sides, and one of said edges being at an angle acute to the othenand one end of said blade havin the .form of a trapezoid being bent upward y to :fOllll anauxiliary cutting edge at right angles to said blade, and a handle secured to said blade at right angles to the front edge thereof, as described.

WILLIAM Q. GLASS.

Witnesses: 7

ANNE HAR'rnNsTEIN, J. D. HASKIN.

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Washington, D, C. 

